Beta-carotene isomerase

Beta-carotene isomerase (EC 5.2.1.14, DWARF27 (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name beta-carotene 9-cis-all-trans isomerase.^[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

all-trans-beta-carotene ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ 9-cis-beta-carotene

β-Carotene isomerase
Identifiers
EC no.	5.2.1.14
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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The enzyme participates in a pathway leading to biosynthesis of strigolactones.

References

1. Lin H, Wang R, Qian Q, Yan M, Meng X, Fu Z, Yan C, Jiang B, Su Z, Li J, Wang Y (May 2009). "DWARF27, an iron-containing protein required for the biosynthesis of strigolactones, regulates rice tiller bud outgrowth". The Plant Cell. 21 (5): 1512–25. doi:10.1105/tpc.109.065987. PMC 2700539. PMID 19470589.
2. Alder A, Jamil M, Marzorati M, Bruno M, Vermathen M, Bigler P, Ghisla S, Bouwmeester H, Beyer P, Al-Babili S (March 2012). "The path from β-carotene to carlactone, a strigolactone-like plant hormone". Science. 335 (6074): 1348–51. doi:10.1126/science.1218094. PMID 22422982.

External links

• Beta-carotene+isomerase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)